All The Way Down To El Paso
Elton John
All the Way Down to El Paso
Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Piano demo recorded during the "Elton John" sessions
Released in 2008 on the deluxe edition of "Elton John" album
F - Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
F C
Caught me a bus early today
F Bb/F
Hours before my dinner time
F C
Packed my case on the early shift
Eb Bb/D
And I left this shack behind
F Bb/F F
Oh I said I left this shack behind
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
F C
You may think I done wrong
F Bb/F
The police may think so too
F C
But I'm sick and tired of this crumbling life
Eb Bb/D
I said I'm doing what I gotta do
F Bb/F F
Lord I said I'm doing what I gotta do
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
F C/E
Say goodbye to Rachael Anne
F Bb/F
Tell her that I had to go
F C
Tell her she can follow my tracks if she wants
Eb Bb/D F
All the way down to El Paso
C/E Dm F Bb/F F
Singin' all the way down, all the way down to El Pa a so
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
F C
People there, so I've been told
F Bb/F
Treat you like a man
F C
Who don't creep 'round your house at night
Eb Bb/D
Or mutilate your land
F Bb/F F
Oh I said, mutilate your land
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
repeat chorus
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
F C
Rachael Anne, if you can
F Bb/F
You'll know where to find me
F C
Follow the tracks I left back there
Eb Bb/D
All along the highway
F Bb/F F
Lord I said all along the highway
Eb - Bb/D - F - Eb - Bb/D
repeat chorus